Which to use
“décès” and “does” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,037
- “décès” frequency rank
- #30,566
- “does” frequency rank
- 32603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | décès | does |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mort naturelle d’une personne. | Fait d’avoir un rapport sexuel ; coït. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set décès and does apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. décès (\de.sɛ\) and does (\dœz\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
décès is recorded at frequency rank #2,037, classified as anoun, pronounced \de.sɛ\. does is at rank #30,566, tagged as anoun, pronounced \dœz\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 32603, this pair ranks #296,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of décès vs does
Shared letters: ds. Private to "décès": cèé. Private to "does": eo.
"décès" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "does" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- does ← ddoes · deos · odes